Russell Ives

9.4

Excellent Barolo. Opened up nicely (1-2hrs). Initial fruit (cherry?) resolved into well lovely balance with the tannins. — 10 months ago

David D

9.1

Black pepper and light baking spice, some mushroom and wet earth, stewed cherries and prune, wet steel, nice tannins and bright acidity. From Prospect Wines 02/05/22 — 2 years ago

Darren Dittrich

9.1

Brooding high-tannin Barolo, even for someone like me who happily drinks most Nebbiolo young. Floral nose, fresh blackberries, anise... lighter in weight, but BIGLY chewy. This needs air, but should be cellared for 5-10 years. — 3 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.3

Love this vineyard. Not many make wine up there in Verduno but when done well it’s terrific. — 4 years ago

Brandon Thiessen

9.0

Fun! Super light body, lots of white pepper and rose. Very easy to drink. — 5 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.1

Costamagna really overdelivers with this Langhe bottling. All the fruit is from La Morra and Verduno. Very expressive, great acidity and density, developed fruit and flowery aromatics. — 5 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.2

Classic Verduno. Floral aromas jump out of the glass, along with herbs, leather and tar. Tart, crunchy red fruits with tight, pulling tannins. A young entry-level Barolo that is still quite young and austere, even on the second night. Powerful yet lean Verduno that requires at least another 5-7 years to show resolution, balance and true harmony. I’m excited for that. — 6 years ago

romo

9.2

Clear pedigree elevates the unusual layers here. Saline touch w tannin dust. — 10 months ago

Diêgo Martins

9.1

Very light. Beautiful colour. Little spice on it. Very good! — 2 years ago

Mike Smith

9.2

Medium body, nice acidity, pretty tannic. Good classic red. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.0

I adore Verduno and also import this wine. So I’m biased. But no fake news here. As good as any Verduno out there with apologies to Burlotto. Light strawberry color. Stunning nose. Roses, spices, sweet cherries, minerals, tree bark. So so good. Just inviting. Who needs chillable Gamay? Some leather as well. Just delightful. Even some white pepper. Palate is fresh and energetic with lovely elegant lights fruit and terrific transparency. Round but also fresh and earthy. Hints of raspberry iced tea, barely there tannins. Don’t think, just drink. — 4 years ago

Kenta Hayashi

9.1

A tough darker than the Monvigliero — 5 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Very powerful with lots of tannins hiding the excellent fruit behind. Still good acid. Just a very solid wine. — 6 years ago

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Andreas Bech

10

Surprisingly fruity, strong - yet elegant. Fresh pepper and medium complexity. — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

Aced this blind, though I felt the palate weight does lean more towards a Langhe Nebbiolo by convention.
Like the blinded Margaux on the table, the nose led with Morello cherries, but without new oak and more layers such as aromas of dried roses, leather, star anise, and earth. The trademark Nebbiolo tannins and acidity on the palate was what scored the clincher for me. Lighter than expected for the level of tannins, but I felt it was still balanced especially with the mouth-filling mid-palate fruit (mixed berries here). Finishes with spice and fresh acidity. It’s a dangerous drink given how elegant it is at 14.5% abv. Best red of the night!

NB: The 2017 Blue Label Ascheri Barolo was made with a blend of fruits from La Morra, Verduno, and Serralunga. Fermentation was a 50% mix of 15-day batch and 25-day batch with submerged cap. Aging was for 24 months in large Slavonian oak barrels (70% new oak and 30% used) and for 12 months in stainless steel before bottling. It’s interesting to note how little wood character was imparted into the wine using large format barrels, despite the high percentage of new oak. I would imagine that one of the roles of this cuvée at Ascheri is just to season the new barrels for use in the better cuvées. — 2 years ago

Bonnie Chu

9.1

Slow wine tasting. Modern barolo. Very dark — 2 years ago

Zach Kouwe

8.9

Light easy drinking rare Northern Italian wine. Very interesting and fruity. — 4 years ago

Devin Bostick

8.9

Cherry, green coffee, alcohol smell, beautiful light ruby red color, acid, cherry, mild musky smoke, acid cuts at the end and sits creating a cold-hot illusion — 5 years ago

Max Kelly

9.0

Young and very primary. Velvety dark fruit and herbs framed by grippy tannins. Early hints of Verduno green olives, great elegance, impressive length for its level, and what I suspect will age into a lovely texture, but ridiculously young right now. Still - bodes well for the ‘16 vintage. — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This displayed the classic Monvigliero vyd character with red cherry, berry, leather, tar, dried herbs, spices & rose petal that had an elegant & floral style. — 6 years ago